The whole entire riverbed started taking fire from the high ground. Announcer this is the cbs overnight news. Welcome to the overnight news. Im elaine quijano. President trump continues his assault on the process thats led to an impeachment inquiry against him. The president again demanded to know the name of the whistleblower, whose complaint about his controversial call to the leader of ukraine started the whole investigation. Democrats in the house have not called the whistleblower to give a deposition, fearing for his or her safety, but the whistleblower has now agreed to answer questions from House Republicans in writing. Here is natalie brand. The whistleblower should be revealed. Reporter President Trump sunday intensified his calls for the whistleblower to be identified some five weeks after their complaint triggered the impeachment inquiry. It was like a big antitrump person, hated trump, and they said terrible things. Reporter but the whistleblowers identity remains protected, and the individuals attorney expressing concerns about his client safety, has extended a new offer to House Republicans. Attorney mark zaid said his client is willing to answer Gop Committee questions in writing and under oath, adding being a whistleblower is not partisan job, nor is impeachment an objective. Its a whole cam. Its an impeachment scam. The whistleblower gave a very inaccurate report about my phone call. My phone call was perfecto. It was totally appropriate. Reporter but House Democrats say closeddoor depositions corroborate the whistleblowers concerns that the president pressured ukraine to investigate a political rifle in exchange for releasing u. S. Military aid during that july phone call with ukraines president. There is no question now whether there was a quid pro quo. Reporter house intelligence member Jackie Speier told face the nation transcripts from closeddoor depositions could be released within the next five days as the inquiry enters a new public phase. Theyre going to be very telling to the american people. We have one more week of interviews that will take place, and then im pretty confident were going to move into a public hearing setting. Reporter but first, House Democrats want to hear from several more key witnesses, including the president s former National Security adviser john bolton, who expressed alarm over the trump administrations ukraine policy. Its really up to the lawyers. I like john bolton. I always got along with him. But thats going to be up to the lawyers. Reporter now the president did not answer our question about which witnesses he would like House Republicans to call once public testimony begins, but the Top Republican in the house Kevin Mccarthy said t first person he would call is adam schiff. Natalie brand, thank you. Today marks one year until the next president ial election. 2020 running through iowa first, several democratic hopefuls made the political rounds there this weekend. Our ed okeefe is in des moines. Reporter polling released this weekend shows that nationally, the democratic race for president is a threeperson race between former Vice President joe biden and senators Bernie Sanders and elizabeth warren, but here in iowa, where the candidates are paying more attention to the voters and the voters to the candidates, its indiana mayor Pete Buttigieg who has slipped up into third place ahead of biden. Buttigieg managed to irritate some other candidates in the field this weekend by suggesting that its quickly becoming a twoperson race between him, the moderate, and liberal senator warren. He backtracked a bit on that on sunday, but not before some of his opponents, including california senator Kamala Harris pounced. Well, i think that thats just its naive for him to think that at this point that the fate of this election has been determined. Just look at history. Might need to review past elections to know that whats happen right now is not necessarily determinative of the outcome. Reporter now harris is the first of what we expect to be several candidates who arent in the top tier but have to downsize their campaigns in the coming weeks as they focus in on the race here in mustwin iowa. She has laid off most of her staff in New Hampshire, vowing to do well enough here in iowa to continue on. Thats not a sign that the end is near. Its just a good example of recalibrating. Back in 2003 when he was in the single digits, john kelly did much the same here in iowa before winning the caucus and the nomination. And in 2007, with the skeleton staff, republican john mccain did it in New Hampshire before turning his Campaign Around and winning his partys nomination. Sunday marks 92 days until the iowa caucus and exactly one year until election day 2020. Elaine . Ed okeefe, thank you. Fire crews in california helped by Better Weather are gaining ground on those wildfires. Red flag warnings have been lifted. The maria fire burning northwest of los angeles is about 50 contained. Thats allowed some people who evacuated to return to their homes. And north of san francisco, the kincade fire, currently the states largest wildfire is now more than 75 contained. President trump today renewed his threat to cut fire aid to california. He accused governor gavin newsom of doing a, quote, terrible job of forest management. Now to a murder mystery in texas. A vigil is being held tonight for james and Michelle Butler. The navy veteran and his wife had been missing for weeks when their bodies were found buried on a texas beach. But their rv was seen being driven into mexico. Here is meg oliver. Reporter after missing for more than two weeks, authorities recovered the remains of james and Michelle Butler in a shallow grave on this texas beach. The autopsy ruled both deaths as homicides. Deborah van loon is james sister. Thats exactly where they were parked on the beach. That was right we have pictures of them parked right on that spot. Reporter the New Hampshire couple started their dream trip a year and a half ago, traveling the countryside in their silver truck and rv. They were last seen kafiring on this Corpus Christi beach october 16th. They were very good at staying in touch with everybody. They were awesome at sharing their daily adventures. Reporter their family filed a missing persons report a week later, and neither vehicle has been recovered. Authorities have Surveillance Video of the truck and rv crossing the mexico border on october 21st, but the driver isnt james butler. Police are still searching for a suspect. You never think it will be you. And then it is, and its hard. Another horse has died at californias santa anita racetrack. It happened during the last race of the breeders cup saturday. Mongolian groom pulled up lame about halfway. Officials say the animal fractured its left hind leg and was later euthanized. Mongolian groom i announcer this is the cbs overnight news. The worlds most Profitable Company is about to go public. Sawed aramico confirms its plans to list shares on the Riyadh Stock Exchange in december. It could be the biggest ipo ever. The stateowned oil giant pumped in up to 111 billion in profit last year and is valued at about 1. 2 trillion. Thats more than exxonmobil and apple combined. The russian agent accused of trying to infiltrate the nra and other conservative organizations has gwynn her first u. S. Television interview since her arrest to lesley stahl of 60 minutes. In 2018 maria butina pleaded guilty to acting as a foreign agent. She spent 15 months behind bars before being deported. Reporter her introduction into the nra was facilitated by this man, aleksandr torshin, a russian official who she had admitted in court papers directed her activities in the u. S. Butina met him, she says, when he attended one of her gun rights rallies in moscow. We obtained thousands of private twitter messages they sent each other over 2 1 2 years. Was he close to putin . I dont think so. So you wrote him a message and you said you are an influential member of putins team. Your words. It doesnt suggest he is close to putin in any way. Was he an influential member of putins team . I dont know. Well you wrote that. You know, in reading through your messages, it reads as if hes your intelligence case officer. Look, this is i think its an american very old saying that suggests that wolfs have teeth, but not all animals with teeth are wolves. You cannot judge a person based on appearance. A slow motion drama is unfolding at one of north americas most famous tourist sites. Its happening at Niagara Falls upriver on the canadian horseshoe side of the falls, where an old iron boat has been stuck on the rocks. Its been rusting there since 1918, 101 years. But a powerful storm that roared through the region on halloween night whipping up strong currents dislodged it, moving it down river about 150 feet. Authorities now fear the current could send the old boat over the falls. The rumble of thousands of sneakers was heard on the pavement of all five new york city boroughs today. It was the 49th running of the new york city marathon. Kenyan runners dominated. Joyciline jepkosgei won her very first marathon. She finished in two hours, 22 nus and 38 seconds. Geoffrey kamworor was the fastest man. He crossed the finish line in just over two hours and eight minutes. Coming up, their addictions nearly cost them their children. One familys reckoning with opioids. Why automatic braking systems in some vehicles are going rogue. And can this new road help curb the worlds epidemic of plastic . They are staggering numbers. A government study out this past week says the nations Opioid Epidemic cost the economy 696 billion from 2015 through last year. And more than 2. 5 trillion over the last three years. Then there is the human toll not captured by dollars and cents. Lives lost to overdose and families torn apart by addiction. But as Dean Reynolds reports, there is hope. Reporter joe and Nicole Murray are drug addicts, but both are now in recovery. Every day is a work in progress. Weve came a long way in our recovery. Further than we had ever imagined. Reporter joe, who is 36 and nicole who is 30 have five children between them, all of them removed by Child Welfare authorities more than aea ago. What would have happened if your children had been taken away permanently . Honestly, like i would have gave up. R ou given up. Uhhuh. Reporter which means you would have died . Eventually. I definitely wouldnt have quit using. Reporter what about you . Im right there too, absolutely. My addiction wouldnt have slowed down. Reporter the murrays joined a state program called s. T. A. R. T. , short of sobriety, treatment and reducing trauma. It tries to keep Families Together by basically giving parents a choice. Either quit drugs and get treatment or lose your kids thinking is a struggle and a battle we have to continue to fight. The safety of the child is always the most important thing. Reporter Ohio Governor mike dewine introduced the program. We try to save that family, deal with the childs trauma, at the same time get selp to the parent. Reporter as for the murray, giving up their drugs was extremely difficult, but they got so much more in return. Would you agree that your kids may have saved you . Oh, yeah. Most definitely. Reporter their journey is long, but at least theyre on the right path. Dean reynolds, cbs news, morrow, ohio. 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Some drivers are hitting the brakes on what has been called revolutionary new safety technology. Were talking about automatic emergency braking. It will be standard in most cars in 2022. But as kris van cleave reports, there have been some sudden stops for apparently no reason at all. Reporter fatal pedestrian crashes like this one in july are up 53 since 2009. New Insurance Institute for Highway Safety testing looked at 16 midsized sedans equipped with automatic emergency braking systems aimed at preventing those types of crashes. They are designed to sense a collision is eminent, warn the driver, and if necessary, hit the brakes. Six cars, including the Nissan Maxima and sukru outback earned top marks, a superior rating. Among the six scoring advanced were the honda accord and toyota camry. But the ford fusion failed to earn a rating at all. The kia optima and Hyundai Sonata also performed poorly. This is a first step. There are obviously things we can improve on, that automakers can improve on. Reporter the testing involved cars driving at 12 to 37 Miles Per Hour during the day. A recent study from aaa found sedans are more likely to fail at faster speeds, after going around a turn, and especially in the dark. Forward Collision Avoidance systems with emergency braking will be standard on most cars by 2022. Federal regulators are investigating the system on the 2017 and 2018 nissan rogue, after learning of more than 850 complaints, a false activation of the automatic braking system. That includes reports of 14 crashes and 5 injuries. Cindy walsh says it happened to her three times. The first one i was driving down a fourlane highway, going about 55, and it completely came to a complete stop. Reporter how do you feel about driving the car now . Im scared to. I dont drive it. 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